David McCullough's Biography of a Year: 1776

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  @Rob-hn7lv · 2 years ago

  His writing should be taught more today than ever. Before we lose our history!

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  @rainriderpnw6259 · 5 years ago

  I wish this mans knowledge was required reading in our schools

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  @82luft49 · 5 years ago

  This man, along with Shelby Foote, made the Civil War series come alive.

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  @Joe1935429 · 5 years ago

  No one writes of our history with the passion of this man. Fortunately for us that passion is contagious.

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  @DouglasShane1 · 6 years ago

  David MC is great historian & American

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• NJ

  @njpaddler · 2 years ago

  Would that this national treasure of a man could've lived another 90 years. The country needs him now more than ever.

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  @neilhasid3407 · 8 years ago

  He puts the dignity back in patriotism.

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  @jaimesandoval1988 · 3 years ago

  His story style is captivating. I never noticed I own and have read 6 of his books without knowing it was him.

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  @DuffyLew91 · 11 years ago

  &quot;One of the most difficult things to teach about studying history is to realize that nobody lived in the past. &nbsp;They lived in the present. &nbsp;It was their present -- it wasn&apos;t ours. &nbsp;It was different from ours. &nbsp;It is important to remember that. They didn&apos;t know how things would turn out. &nbsp;That is the hubris of the present. &nbsp;That somehow we are superior. &nbsp;We know so much more than those folks. &nbsp;In many ways they were superior to us.&quot; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMLYbJC0a0&amp;t=630">10:30</a>-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMLYbJC0a0&amp;t=720">12:00</a>

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  @RusticRockMusic · 4 years ago (edited)

  Rest in Peace David McCullough. Thank you for speaking honestly and literally at every turn as you educated us listeners. Sometimes people don&apos;t know where to look for good historical knowledge, and sometimes, even how to absorb it can be fleeting. You taught us to understand that their time, 1700s America, was as real and present for them as our modern day struggle for security in a city like Los Angeles, today.

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  @lindajones8895 · 5 years ago

  I just found Mr David McCullough yesterday. &nbsp;I have loved his speaking. We must learn from our history so we do not repeat the bad stuff again. I love history especially about out our Founding Father&apos;s 🇺🇸🇺🇸

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  @tvv911 · 3 years ago

  I so enjoy listening to the passion of Mr McCulloch. He takes me back to those times when he speaks.

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